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Levi Strauss is expected to begin trading on Thursday. The move comes as its next closest U.S. competitors, VF Corp and Gap Inc., plan corporate shake-ups of their own and customers shift their shopping habits.

Lyft, Slack, Pinterest and Postmates have already filed. Uber and Airbnb are expected to join before the end of the year. But even with the big names and big valuation initial public offerings in 2019, there is evidence the traditional IPO is dying.

Children's apparel retailer Gymboree was able to sell its band to rival Children's Place, while Gap plans to acquire the bankrupt retailer's high-end children's clothing line Janie and Jack, a bankruptcy court document shows.

BlackRock and KKR signed a $4 billion infrastructure investment deal with ADNOC. Henry Kravis, co-CEO of KKR, says he is hoping this will be the first of a "long string of future investments" that the company makes in the region.